Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies (gluten-free, 100% whole grain)

These healthier chocolate peanut butter brownies use ground up oats in place of flour, making them gluten-free and 100% whole grain!

This recipe really gets around. It first appeared on Dashing Dish, then on Sally’s Baking Addiction (did you know that she makes a lot of healthier recipes?! Well, she does :)) then again just recently on Butter Baking and I couldn’t stand it! I had to make these. And right away. So I did.

Natasha’s version uses half the sugar the other versions do but then I went and did something not so healthy. I put it back in the form of chocolate chips! Woohoo. They’re absolutely not needed but who’s really going to argue with you for adding chocolate chips? And okay, I didn’t exactly add all the sugar back. Just a little. ;)

I love how intensely chocolaty these are. The chocolate chips certainly adds to that! But the peanut butter topping is also pretty awesome. Too often, you mix cocoa-based goodies with peanut butter in a batter and the peanut butter is totally overshadowed. In these chocolate peanut butter brownies, you have a nice, gooey layer of peanut butter right up top.

One thing to note is that I used an awkward sized pan that was slightly smaller than 8″x8″, meaning the brownies in the pictures are slightly thicker than yours will be.

Have a great weekend everyone! I hope you liked my mini peanut butter chocolate week. :)

Directions

If making these in the food processor, process the oats for a few seconds until powdery. Add the rest of the ingredients except for the chocolate chips and peanut butter. If making these in the blender, first add the liquid ingredients, and then the dry ingredients, except peanut butter and chocolate chips. Either way you do it, process until the oats are well ground.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top.

Microwave the peanut butter in a microwave safe bowl on half power until it's easy to spread. Drop spoonfuls of peanut butter onto the batter and create a swirl effect using a knife or toothpick.

Bake for 23 - 27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Be careful not to confuse a chocolate chip with batter!

Cool completely in the pan and then cut. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one week.

Living in Kenya, I don’t often nee GF recipes…but I had TWO friends over this week who were both GF. These brownies were such a treat for them and disappeared quickly. Sharing your recipe and website with both of them! Thanks for the great assist!!!

Just wondering if you have a corresponding volume measurement for the Greek yogurt. I don’t have a scale, and so I checked my own yogurt container and guessed, and I was using my homemade yogurt…. It was liquid coming out of my blender, is that normal?

Super yummy! Excellent recipe! I did cut down on the sweetner (using 1/4 honey & 2 T. coconut sugar) and it was still very sweet. Next time I think I’ll leave out the coconut sugar altogether. I used less peanutbutter too, about 1/3 cup.

I can’t say for sure since I wasn’t in the kitchen with you, but did you use regular yogurt instead of Greek yogurt? Or make any subs at all? I can’t think of why the batter would be like water. The batter’s not thick but it shouldn’t be that thin. :( I hope they work out in the end! And sorry that it’s taking longer than the posted baking time.

I used chobani Greek yogurt. The only thing I can think of is it calls for 9 oz. Don’t know if that’s fluid oz or not so maybe I used too much yogurt. No worries cuz they are still delicious! Chocolate and peanut butter is my weakness so it can never go wrong. Thank you for the great recipe.

I’m so happy to hear that they came out well! Thanks for letting me know. :)

Karen Doll

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June 30, 2014 @ 10:26 pm

Hi Erin,
I LOVE your site and just made your Gluten Free Chocolate PB Brownies!!!! They are soooo yummy! I have a quick question though- would you be able to post the nutritional values for this recipe. When I bake, I mostly use low fat recipes or just tweek others myself. Then, when I find great low fat goodies, I like to share them on my blog, always with a credit or a link back, but I like to include the nutritional info. Thanks a bunch!!!!!!! Karen

Hi, Karen! I’m so happy that you liked the brownies. :) I intentionally don’t include the nutritional info (I focus on making healthier choices rather than low calorie / fat / etc.) but you can copy and paste the recipe here for that info, if you like. I hope that helps! Thanks so much for your feedback. :)

I’m finding this recipe misleading. How can you say it’s low fat? Your recipe doesn’t call for fat free Greek yogurt or skim milk. If I use those will this still work? Did you use both those items fat free?

I’m sorry you find the recipe misleading. In comparison to other brownies recipes (with a stick or two of butter), I find this recipe very low fat. Is it low fat compared to a salad or an apple? Definitely not! These brownies do work with fat free Greek yogurt and skim milk but I prefer to let people make their own decisions when it comes to using reduced fat products, as many say that these products are actually less healthy than the full fat variety.